Songs About California, Vol. 2

As promised, here's part 2 (of 2) featuring Songs About California. These are the ones by all the guys. I hope you will...enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Red Hot Chili Peppers  ~  “Dani California”

2)  The Beach Boys  ~  “California Girls”  (The first 3 minutes or so are where you’ll hear the song. The rest of the video is a rather halfhearted comedy routine that didn’t make me laugh even once. Maybe you’ll have better luck, though.)

3)  Weezer  ~  “California Kids”

4)  Rufus Wainwright  ~  “California”

5)  2Pac ft. Dr. Dre  ~  “California Love”

6)  Paper Tongues  ~  “Ride To California”

7)  Kings Of Leon  ~  “California Waiting”

8)  Delta Spirit  ~  “California”

9)  Eagles  ~  “Hotel California”

10)  Peace  ~  “California Daze”

11)  John Mayer  ~  “Queen Of California”

12)  Albert Hammond  ~  “It Never Rains In Southern California”

13)  Lenny Kravitz  ~  “California”

14)  The Airborne Toxic Event  ~  “California”

15)  R.E.M.  ~  “I Remember California”

16)  Carolina Liar  ~  “California Bound”

17)  Roy Orbison  ~  “California Blue” 

18)  Toad The Wet Sprocket  ~  “California Wasted”

19)  Ramones  ~  “California Sun”

20)  Shawn Mullins  ~  “California”

21)  Manfred Mann’s Earth Band  ~  “California”

22)  Phantom Planet  ~  “California”

23)  Big & Rich  ~  “California”

24)  Noah Gundersen  ~  “California”

25)  Vampire Weekend  ~  “California English”

Tom Petty: A Retrospective, Vol. 1: All The Hits

Like many rock music enthusiasts, I was saddened to hear of the recent passing of Tom Petty. I've been a fan for easily over twenty years now. In memory of Tom and his legendary musical career, here's a chronological retrospective of all his biggest hits, both with The Heartbreakers and as a solo artist...as well as a few big tunes from his side projects. Volume 2 (coming soon to a music blog near you!) will cover "the best of the rest" of Petty's lesser-known songs, including more of his side-project output. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  “Don’t Do Me Like That”  (And The Heartbreakers)

2)  “Refugee”  (And The Heartbreakers)

3)  “The Waiting”  (And The Heartbreakers)

4)  “A Woman In Love (It’s Not Me)”  (And The Heartbreakers)

5)  “Stop Draggin’ My Heart Around”  (Duet with Stevie Nicks)

6)  “You Got Lucky”  (And The Heartbreakers)

7)  “Change Of Heart”  (And The Heartbreakers)

8)  “Don’t Come Around Here No More”  (And The Heartbreakers)

9)  “Make It Better (Forget About Me)”  (And The Heartbreakers)

10)  “Rebels”  (And The Heartbreakers)

11)  “Jammin’ Me”  (And The Heartbreakers)

12)  “Handle With Care”  (with The Traveling Wilburys)

13)  “End Of The Line”  (with The Traveling Wilburys)

14)  “I Won’t Back Down”  (And The Heartbreakers)

15)  “Runnin’ Down A Dream”  (And The Heartbreakers)

16)  “Free Fallin’”

17)  “A Face In The Crowd”

18)  “Yer So Bad”

19)  “Learning To Fly”

20)  “Into The Great Wide Open”  (And The Heartbreakers)

21)  “Mary Jane’s Last Dance”  (And The Heartbreakers)

22)  “You Don’t Know How It Feels”

23)  “You Wreck Me”

24)  “It’s Good To Be King”

25)  “Walls (Circus)”  (And The Heartbreakers)

Whistling Songs, Vol. 2

Didn't hear your favorite "Whistling Song" in the first post? Chances are, it's in this one. Or the next one. Or the next one. But you'll have to check 'em all out to find out for sure. Some good stuff here – don't miss it! Oh, yeah...and enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Billy Joel  ~  “The Stranger”

2)  Bobby McFerrin  ~  “Don’t Worry, Be Happy”

3)  Foster The People  ~  “Pumped Up Kicks”

4)  Selena Gomez  ~  “Kill ‘Em With Kindness”

5)  Scorpions  ~  “Wind Of Change”

6)  Owl City ft. Aloe Blacc  ~  “Verge”

7)  The Small Faces  ~  “Lazy Sunday”

8)  The Seekers  ~  “Georgy Girl”

9)  Fall Out Boy  ~  “The Kids Aren’t Alright”

10)  Elbow  ~  “Lippy Kids”

11)  Devotchka  ~  “Enemy Guns”

12)  Katy Tiz  ~  “Whistle (While You Work It)”

13)  Johnnie Ray  ~  “Just Walkin’ In The Rain”

14)  Paper Lace  ~  “Billy, Don’t Be A Hero”

15)  The Black Keys  ~  “Tighten Up”

16)  NoNoNo  ~  “Pumpin Blood”

17)  Bob Sinclar  ~  “Love Generation”

18)  OneRepublic  ~  “Good Life”

19)  Noah and the Whale  ~  “5 Years Time”

20)  Maroon 5 ft. Christina Aguilera  ~  “Moves Like Jagger”

21)  McFly  ~  “Love Is Easy”

22)  Pixies  ~  “La La Love You”

23)  Roy Orbison  ~  “Here Comes The Rain, Baby”

24)  Amanda Marshall  ~  “If I Didn’t Have You”

25)  Jackson Browne  ~  “Lawyers In Love”

Same Name, Different Song: Vol. 10

Another round of these for you folks like me who can't get enough of 'em. For the rest of y'all...stick it out awhile longer, I'll get them all out of my system soon enough.  ~  JH

1)  "Is This Love"

Bob Marley

vs.

Whitesnake

2)  "Lullaby"

Nickelback

vs.

Shawn Mullins

vs.

The Cure

3)  "It's My Life"

Bon Jovi

vs.

No Doubt

vs.

The Animals

4)  "License To Kill"

Gladys Knight

vs.

Bob Dylan

5)  "Lady"

Kenny Rogers

vs.

Styx

5)  "It's Alright"

Matt & Kim

vs.

The Impressions

6)  "Let's Dance"

David Bowie

vs.

Chris Montez

8)  "Little Sister"

Jewel

vs.

Elvis Presley

9)  "It's Over"

Electric Light Orchestra

vs.

Roy Orbison

10)  "Listen"

Beyoncé

vs.

Collective Soul